Owners of derelict properties in Roscommon town, Carrick-on-Shannon and Longford town could face a new tax in this year’s budget. Proposals going to Cabinet this week include a new annual tax of at least seven per cent of a property’s value.
It will be first rolled out in cities and towns with populations of over 4,000. Roscommon-Galway TD Martin Daly, from Fianna Fáil, says he supports it:
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Sligo-Leitrim TD Martin Kenny, from Sinn Féin, says he has mixed views on the proposal:
